THE PIGEON STANDARD. 73 
THE SCANDAROON. 
Size.— Decidedly large. 
Skull.—Should be long, narrow and very arched from the 
wattle to the back of the cranium. ‘his arched 
peculiarity is continued all along the surface ofa 
long, rather roovy wattle, and stout, long, bent beak 
both mandibles of which should curve well down- 
wards, and be very close fitting; from the tip of the 
beak to the back of the head at its juncture with the 
neck it should present an elongated semi-circular 
outline. 
Eye.—The eye is surrounded by a fleshy, ruby-red cere; in 
all whole or self colors, except whites, ‘the iris should 
be either pearl or orange in color; in whites and pied 
specimens it should be black or ‘‘bull- eyed.” 
Wattle.—Long and full, but not coarse or projecting beyond 
the sweep of profile appertaining to the whole head- 
piece. 
Neck.—Long ‘and slender, well scooped out at the throat and 
rather arched or swau-like in carriage. 
Shoulders.—Broad and flat. 
Chest.—Wide and full but not prominent, the breast bone 
straight and well developed. 
Back.—Flat, slightly sloping downwards tothe rump and 
tail. 
Wing Butts.—Very stout, projecting beyond the chest, 
coverts close set to the sides of the body. 
Flights.—Rather short, stiong in shafts, tightly folded and 
carried up overrump, resting ou extremities of tail. 
Tail.—Rather short, narrow and carried well clear of the 
floor. 
Legs.—Long and very muscular, the lower joints of the thigh 
being distinctly visible when the bird is standing 
upright. 
Feathering.—On the neck, shoulders and thighs the feath- 
ers should be close fitting, even to scantiness. 
Colors.—All solid colors and pied. 
Markings.—In pied varieties the lower part of the neck, the 
breast, back, rump and tail, as also a saddle cut on 
the top of the back across the shoulders, are all of 
dark tints, the rest of the plumage being white in 
Magpie fashion. The head and upper part of the 
neck are also white, with the exception of two 
‘‘almond-shaped’’ patches extending from the root 
of the under mandible, widening lengthways below 
the eye to the ear-holes. 
